diff --git a/pandas/tests/computation/test_eval.py b/pandas/tests/computation/test_eval.py
index 86be104b16367..8bd26a7b0b4c7 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/computation/test_eval.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/computation/test_eval.py
@@ -862,7 +862,7 @@ def test_basic_series_frame_alignment(
     ):
         if (
             engine == "numexpr"
-            and parser == "pandas"
+            and parser in ("pandas", "python")
             and index_name == "index"
             and r_idx_type == "i"
             and c_idx_type == "s"